By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In what appears to be a last-ditch effort to limit the harms of smoking before its term ends, the Biden administration has proposed a rule that would significantly lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products.The agency’s efforts to …

Imlunestrant leads to significantly longer progression-free survival among those with ESR1 mutations, but not in overall population

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Significant increase seen in incidence rates at presentation for women overall, and for those aged 20 to 39, 40 to 74, and 75 years or older

Estimated disease-free survival 97.5 ± 1.3 and 90.2 ± 2.3 percent with chemotherapy plus blinatumomab, chemo alone in average-risk patients

Polygenic risk score and polysocial score have independent and additive effects on coronary heart disease

Number of people with at least one episode of HSV-attributable genital ulcer disease was 187.9 and 16.7 million for HSV-2, HSV-1 in 2020

Depressive symptoms, anxiety seen across patient groups referred to Austin Hospital First Seizure Clinic

Better performance seen across five cognitive domains

All patients receiving surgery/radiotherapy alone or with chemotherapy had improvement or stability of alopecia with LDOM